Oracle buys Innobase

[Darrin Chandler]

Derek Neighbors wrote:

> 1. MySQL wasn't even close to a production database (other than 
> database read operations) until they adopted InnoDB.
>
I still don't think it's a production database. Better, than before 
InnoDB, but I wouldn't trust it to a critical database intensive 
application. The best thing about mysql is that it's fairly speedy. But 
you buy that with lack of features and reliability.

> ... My advice before and after this event, is use PostgreSQL instead. :)


Yes, much better.

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